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Ospreys study of the campaign at marengo in 1800 during the napoleonic wars 1799 1815 having returned from egypt and seized power as first consul napoleon led the army of the reserve against the austrian army besieging genoa. Marengo 1800 by david hollins is a new study of a battle that has badly needed a fresh reappraisal it is the latest volume in the osprey campaign series a series that is constantly improving in both accuracy and scholarship. The authors response the 1800 spring campaign secured napoleons grip on power so that much of what has subsequently been written has been designed either to put bonaparte in the best possible light or as a keystone of the whole glorification of the wars of the following 15 years. The battle of marengo was fought on 14 june 1800 between french forces under napoleon bonaparte and austrian forces near the city of alessandria in piedmont italy